As Labour party members consider whether to adopt Oona King or Ken Livingstone as their 2012 candidate, it’s worth asking whether Boris, like Lazenby, could find himself playing Mayor for only a single outing before his own predecessor succeeds him in the role?
Freedom Pass holders don’t deserve to be a political football
Mayors and would-be Mayors love talking about the Freedom Pass and you can see why – it’s a popular benefit of living in the capital with an appreciative user base of older and disabled Londoners who might be persuaded to vote for the Mayoral candidate who makes the most noise about ‘defending’ and extending the scheme.
Ken at the MPA
It’s clear there’s a real point of disagreement between the two sides but Livingstone’s wider campaign against ‘Tory police cuts’ certainly wasn’t harmed by comments Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson made later in the meeting.
The Evening Standard asks Londoners to support the capital’s dispossessed
This week the London Evening Standard is making a £1 million plea on behalf of the Dispossessed.
We want every Londoner to join our fundraising campaign to fight the inequality that blights our city. Four months ago we exposed the plight of the capital’s poorest — the people who fight a daily battle just to survive.
Reducing the cost of the GLA – savings, collaboration and sharing services
As the coalition Government looks to reduce spending across the public sector, Mayoral advisor Nicholas Griffin explains how London’s Government is working to make savings by sharing services and procurement across the GLA group.
